In addition to helping pass abortion restrictions at the state level, anti-choice activists are challenging those laws that do protect clinics and patients.
“Oregon’s success represents a formidable and proactive resistance to Trump’s agenda to shame, bully, and punish women who decide to have an abortion."
Instead of glowing and nesting and all of the things expectant parents do to prepare for babies, I've spent half of my pregnancy worrying about the harm that could be caused by Ohio’s restrictive abortion laws.
"There is so much that we can already do, but now the presidential administration, as well as our friends in Congress, are making it even easier for us," said the Rev. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life.
Lambda Legal has been busy; Arkansas' new batch of abortion laws has a court date; and companies and three states' top lawyers weigh in on a key workplace discrimination case.
“The law guarantees women the right to control their own bodies and access the reproductive health care they need, without obstruction," said New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman.
I want people to know that despite the constant attacks by our opposition, we are still standing, we are building power, and most importantly, we are providing care.